This feature class depicts the zoning district boundaries of East Baton Rouge Parish with the exception of the cities of Baker, Central and Zachary. Zoning may be defined as the range of permissible uses for a piece of property. Zoning designations are usually a combination of letters, or letters and numbers (i.e. A1). Zoning is permitted within the home-rule power of the City-Parish as granted by the State of Louisiana. Land use and land development regulations may correlate with zoning districts and their respective permissible uses. Zoning affects several aspects of development within each district, including intensity of development, height and bulk of development, required lot and yard sizes, and parking requirements. Zoning may also establish standards for noise, signs and landscaping. The EBRP Zoning Ordinance was first adopted by the Parish governing authority in 1958. Since then, it has been updated and amended to keep pace with community growth and changing standards in design. In 1996, the Zoning Ordinance was incorporated into the Unified Development Code (UDC), a single document that is a consolidation of all relative land development regulations and ordinances. The definitions and permissible uses within a particular zoning classification may be found in Appendix H of the UDC. The UDC may be downloaded in Adobe® PDF format from the Planning Commission website at http://brgov.com/dept/planning/UDC/UDC.asp. The Zoning layer is updated monthly as new zoning changes are approved by the Planning Commission and the Metropolitan Council. The Department of Information Services is responsible for the maintenance and update of this layer.

Purpose: To display Zoning District boundaries for land use planning purposes within the City of Baton Rouge and unincorporated area of East Baton Rouge Parish.Supplemental Information: The extents are the Parish of East Baton Rouge, LA

The City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge provides this information in good faith with no warranty and does not accept any liability arising from incorrect, incomplete or misleading information or improper use. The data presented by the City-Parish are intended to serve only for reference or analysis when researching property, governmental boundaries, infrastructure, transportation, environmental and other data categories. The City-Parish takes no legal responsibility for the accuracy of its data, and users are advised not to rely solely on the information provided by the East Baton Rouge Parish Geographic Information System (eBRGIS).